Bulldogs Explode for 12 Runs to Earn Doubleheader Split at Penn
April 3, 2004
PHILADELPHIA - Jake Doyle went 4-for-5 and drove in five runs for Yale in a 12-3 win to earn a split of a doubleheader with Penn at Murphy Field on Saturday afternoon. The Bulldogs, playing in their conference opener, had 20 hits and scored in five of the first six innings during game two. In game one, Penn's Matt Horn delivered a two-out single to score Nate Moffie in the sixth inning for the only the only run of the contest.
In the nightcap, every starter in the batting order had at least one hit as the Bulldogs scored in seven of the nine innings. Chris Esper, Eric Rasmussen and Doyle each had RBI-singles for Yale (6-11, 1-1 Ivy) in a three-run fifth inning to open up a 7-1 lead for the Bulldogs. Matt Stone went 2-for-5 with three RBI and Justin Ankney blasted a 1-2 fastball over the right field fence for a solo home run in fourth for Yale, which had at least one baserunner in 15 of 16 innings in the doubleheader.
Jon Hollis (2-2) gave up one run and struck out seven without walking a batter to earn the win for Yale. Hollis recieved help with two out in third, when Doyle sprinted backwards to make a full-extension catch as he crashed into the right field wall to rob Alex Blagojevich of an extra base hit. In the Yale half of the third, Doyle singled to right center to drive in two runs to give Yale a 3-0 edge.
In game one, Matt Horn delivered a two-out single to score Nate Moffie in the sixth inning for the only run of the contest. Yale's Josh Sowers (1-2) surrendered one run, seven hits over six innings, while Penn's Josh Appell (2-1) pitched a two-hit, seven-walk, complete-game shutout for the Quakers (6-14, 2-4 Ivy).
Yale threatened in the final two innings, leaving two runners on base in each inning.
Bulldog pitchers combined to walk only one batter and struck out 16 in 15 innings today.
The Bulldogs return to action tomorrow at Columbia for a doubleheader beginning at 12 p.m.
